题文
For most people, shopping is still a matter of wandering down the street or loading a cart in a shopping mall. Soon, that will change. Electronic commerce (trade) is growing fast and will soon bring people more choices. There will, however, be a cost: protecting the consumer from being cheated will be harder. Many governments therefore want to apply street regulations to the electronic world. But politicians would be wiser to see cyberspace as a basis for a new era of corporate self-regulation.Consumers in rich countries have grown used to the idea that the government takes responsibility for everything from the stability of the banks to the safety of the drugs or their rights to refund when goods are faulty. But governments cannot enforce national laws on businesses whose only presence is on the screen. Even in a country where a clear right to compensation exists, the on-line customer in Tokyo, say, can hardly go to New York to get a refund (退款) for a clothes purchase.
One answer is for government to cooperate more: to recognize each other’s rules. But that requires years of work and volumes of detailed rules. And plenty of countries have rules too fanciful for sober countries to accept. There is, however, another choice. Let the electronic businesses do the regulation themselves. They do, after all, have a self-interest in doing so.
In electronic commerce, a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset. Governments, too, may compete to be trusted. For instance, customers ordering medicines on- line may prefer to buy from the United States because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration; or they may decide that the FDA’s rules are too strict, and buy from Switzerland instead.
Customers will still need to use their judgment, but precisely because the technology is new, electronic shoppers are likely for a while to be a lot more cautious than customers of the normal sort. And the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain when a company lets them down. In this way, at least, the advent(出现) of cyberspace may argue for fewer consumer protection laws, not more.
小题1:In case an electronic shopper bought faulty goods from a foreign country, what could he do?A．Refuse to pay for the purchase.B．Go to the seller and ask for a refund. C．Appeal to consumer protection law.D．Complain about it on the Internet.小题2:In the author’s view, businesses would place a high emphasis on honest dealing because in the electronic world _______.A．international cooperation would be much more frequentB．consumers could easily seek government protectionC．a good reputation is a great advantage in competitionD．it would be easy for consumers to complain小题3:We can infer from the passage that in licensing new drugs the FDA in the United States is______.A．very quickB．very cautiousC．very slowD．rather careless小题4:According to the author, what will be the best policy for electronic commerce?A．Self-regulation by the business.B．Strict Consumer protection laws.C．Close international cooperation.D．Government protection. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析
试题分析: 在未来社会，购物不再意味着逛街、推着购物车逛商场。电子商务的出现使得人们在网上购物更为方便。但是，网上购物也存在一些弊端，比如，如果在网上买到假冒商品时候，政府还缺少必要的措施制度去保障消费者利益。
小题1:D细节理解题。细节理解题。文章第一段提到在网上购物使保护消费者权益更难，然后在文章末段作者提出And the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain when a company lets them down.，由此判断如果在网上买到假冒伪劣商品，人们可以提出投诉，选D。
小题2:C细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段举的例子可以判断公司的诚信是公司在激烈的竞争中获得更多利益好处的保障，故答案选C。
小题3:B细节理解题。 从文章倒数第四段because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration; or they may decide that the FDA’s rules are too strict, and buy from Switzerland instead.可知美国在批准新药品方面是非常谨慎、严格的，故选B。
小题4:A推理判断题。文章第三段提出让电子公司自己对自己进行监管，然后在文章第三段提出这样做的好处，由此判断作者认为最好的政策就是网络公司的自我制约，选A。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“For most people, sho.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
